Payne ensures place in history with perfect ten

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ON EASTER Monday of 1936, Joe Payne took the field with his career dying and left it with his name immortalised. Deemed a failure after nearly two years at Luton Town, his first league club, where he was a defender for the reserves, his surprise selection as a centre forward against Bristol Rovers only resulted from the unavailability of other players. Yet somehow he scored ten goals in a 12-0 victory, the only time a player has reached double figures